Martin Carriage Works

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Martin Carriage Works
legal form
founding 1888 or 1890
resolution 1918
Reason for dissolution reorganization
Seat York , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Martin Carriage Works was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in York , Pennsylvania in 1888 . Another source states 1890. It originally made carriages . It also produced commercial vehicles from 1909 to 1915 . In 1910 some passenger cars were also built . The brand name was Martin .

In 1918 a reorganization led to the Martin Truck & Body Corporation .

There were no connections to the Martin Motor Wagon Company and Martin , which also offered cars as Martin .

Car

The only model was a high wheeler . It had a two-cylinder engine with 16 hp . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and a chain. The structure was an open touring car .

Web links

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 932 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 932 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 189 (English).
  3. ↑ Busy Beaver Button Museum (accessed August 18, 2018)
  4. ↑ a b Coachbuilt (English, accessed on August 18, 2018)